O’naturel is open for dinner only and reservations are required. Diners are warned beforehand that the restaurant is a restaurant, and not somewhere to try to score. It’s billed as an evening locale for the more free flowing among us. Discreet lakes are too cold in winter.

“People only get to be nudists in the summer,” said Stephane, 42.

Unlike the Bunyadi, which was heavily themed, O’naturel’s decor is minimalist. The menu is classically French, with items such as lobster, foie gras, and snails in parsley cream sauce.

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A three-course menu costs $57.50. A large white curtain over the windows shields guests from perverts. Or curious passersby.

Diners are asked to leave their clothes in a cloakroom, and are provided with slippers. Ladies – which make up just 40 per cent of the clinetele, shockingly – may keep their heels on. Oh la la.

Yves Leclerc, the president of the French Naturist Federation, said he was thrilled at the idea of being able to strip off for supper.

“We’re in the heart of Paris and we’re eating naked. It’s a little surreal,” he told the Mail.

“It’s like when we’re on holiday, but it’s even better. I have to put my clothes on to go to a restaurant.”

There are also naked restaurants in Tokyo, Japan, and Melbourne in Australia.